Mental Health Consultant

4 weeks ago


City of Armadale, Australia Workskil Australia Ltd Full time
About the Role

This position will provide evidence-based best-practice assessment, diagnosis, formulation, treatment, and prevention of a wide range of mental health disorders and other systemic barriers preventing clients from entering employment or beginning study.

You will be supporting our customers to address their non-vocational barriers and develop their skills and job readiness. The role may also involve delivery of training relevant to the field, and consultancy with site staff and other service providers.

This role is being offered on a full-time, fixed-term basis and will service our customers across various locations.

You'll also experience the work-life balance that comes with working a 9-day fortnight, with a dedicated and fixed day off every second week. You will still receive the remuneration of a full-time employee in addition to the ability to salary sacrifice.

About You

To be successful in the role, you will be able to:

  • Demonstrate strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills;
  • Demonstrate competence in the application of a wide range of psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions to consumers with complex needs;
  • Prove your ability to employ a range of strategies to effectively resolve conflict;
  • Show sound understanding of available mental health and other support services;
  • Prove your experience in providing individual therapy, group therapy, and case management;
  • Demonstrate the ability to critically analyze or evaluate issues related to psychological care in a manner that can be applied to quality activities, service evaluation, or research;
  • Demonstrate sound knowledge of the local labor market;
  • Demonstrate experience working effectively with a culturally diverse range of people;
  • Demonstrate understanding of barriers to employment for disadvantaged individuals and communities;
  • Demonstrate understanding of case management framework;
  • Demonstrate a basic understanding of WHS responsibilities.

You will also be required to:

  • Hold a current driver's license;
  • Have a Bachelor's Degree or higher qualification in Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, Social Work, Mental Health Counseling;
  • Social Workers must be registered with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) (SA staff only).
About Us

Workskil Australia is a national not-for-profit and charitable organization, with almost 40 proud years of supporting Australians to achieve sustained economic and social self-reliance. We do this by providing a range of employment, work experience, disability, youth, Indigenous, and community services across New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, and Victoria.

We promote a positive team culture where high performance can thrive. We value excellent customer service, integrity, and honesty in our employees. We look for employees who have a genuine passion for working with those in need, are results-focused, and can contribute to a strong team.

We work hard every day to:

  • Work with our customers to secure great long-term job opportunities;
  • Meet the labor needs of business and industry through quality recruitment services at no cost;
  • Assist businesses with diversifying their workforce;
  • Provide specialist employment and community services to people seeking work, including people with mental illness, injury, or disability, and Indigenous Australians;
  • Deliver work experience projects to the community.

Our values remain at the heart of everything we do, and we strive to conduct our business with the highest degree of care, integrity, respect, honesty, and service. We believe that the care, respect, and high level of service we give to all of our customers is our key point of difference.

Remuneration

A competitive salary will be negotiated commensurate with skills and experience. As Workskil Australia is a public benevolent institution, we can also offer a portion of the salary through tax-effective salary packaging.

About Your Application

For your application, please include both a cover letter and resume. Your letter should set out why you are the appropriate candidate for the role. For ease of upload, we encourage you to combine these into one file as a PDF or Word document. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

If you progress in your application for this role, Workskil Australia will undertake screening, including medical assessments and police checks to ensure that you can carry out the inherent requirements of this role and that reasonable accommodations can be made. Prior to an offer of employment being made, candidates must provide authority for a Federal Police Clearance and other checks that may be a requirement of the position. To learn more about working at Workskil Australia, head to https://www.workskil.com.au/about-us/work-with-us/

We are actively looking to fill this role and reserve the right to shortlist and interview applicants whilst this advertisement is open. We are an inclusive, equal opportunity employer and we particularly welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, applicants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and applicants who have a disability. We deliver a range of employment and community services to children, young people, and their families and are committed to creating a safe environment for children and young people in the delivery of these services.



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